ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,730, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Leder Chimica SRL (Arzignano, Italy).

"Tannery product for oxidative hair removal treatment of animal hides and skins and relative method" was invented by Enrico Zanconato (Arzignano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tannery product designed to be introduced into a bath for oxidative hair removal treatment of animal hides and skins includes a perhydrate compound, an alkalizing agent and an activating agent. The treatment bath can be used in a method for oxidative hair removal of animal hides and skins. The method includes introducing the activating agent into the bath in a proportion to t...